“Minecraft” movie is the first most successful video game movie ever written on Friday in the United States

(renew) A Minecraft movie made $57 million on its first Friday in the U.S., the most money it had ever made for the first video game movie. It's even higher than the first Friday of the Super Mario Bros. movie ($54.8 million). However, this is not a fair comparison, as the Super Mario Bros. movie opens on Wednesday, 2023.

anyway Deadline A Minecraft movie could be reportedly earning $145 million on its first weekend in the U.S. (Friday, Saturday and Sunday count), which is $146.3 million for the Super Mario Bros. movie on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 2023.

There are only three movies in history that opened in April that are bigger than American Minecraft movies on Fridays – including Avengers: Doomsday ($157.4 million), Avengers: Infinity War ($106.3 million) and Furious 7 ($67.4 million).

Continue to check with GamesPot to learn more about the Minecraft movie's performance at the box office.

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The first box office figure for the Minecraft movie is here, with Warner Bros. video game movies bringing $10.55 million to the domestic box office in a preview on Thursday.

For comparison, the five-night video game movie at Freddy's earned $10.3 million in previews in the U.S., while the Super Mario Bros. movie earned $26.5 million.

Variety provides numbersadding that a Minecraft film is expected to earn $70 million to $80 million on the U.S. opening weekend. Warner Bros. Variety said some estimated Minecraft movies had $90 million in their first weekend.

Another comparison point is Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which made $60 million in the opening weekend of the United States, bringing $236 million in the U.S. international market globally and $491 million.

Globally, box office estimates suggest that the first weekend of Minecraft could be produced up to $150 million. The film costs $150 million to produce and millions of dollars are spent on marketing. Despite the high cost, the variety show says the Minecraft movie is expected to be a financial success. This will be good news for Warner Bros., as the company's recent releases of the Mickey 17 and the Alto Cavaliers failed to meet expectations.

Minecraft movie stars Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Daniella Brooks, Sebastian Hansen and Emmy Myers. It is directed by Jared Hess of Napoleon's dynamite.

Like other Hess movies, the Minecraft Movie gets different reviews from critics. It has a Gamespot sister website Metacritic 47 points and 49% of rotten tomatoes. Gamespot's My Minecraft Movie Review The movie scored 7/10. Commentator Chris Hayner said: “When you sit down in the theater this weekend, it's time for your childhood miracle to take over for a while. I don't think you'll regret it.”